The Kriya Lineage: From Babaji to Gurunath
Kriya Yoga is not an invention but a transmission — a living current of awakened consciousness passed from master to disciple in an unbroken chain. To practise Kriya is to step into that lineage, and to receive the same grace that has flowed down the centuries.
Mahavatar Babaji
Mahavatar Babaji is the hidden source of the modern revival. The deathless guru of the Himalayas, he remains in physical form across the ages to guide humanity, and it was he who restored the ancient technique of Kriya to the world.
Lahiri Mahasaya
In 1861, Babaji initiated Lahiri Mahasaya — a married government accountant — and asked him to give Kriya to sincere seekers everywhere. Lahiri proved that the highest realisation is open to ordinary householders, not only renunciates.
Sri Yukteswar
Swami Sri Yukteswar, a disciple of Lahiri, was the “incarnation of wisdom” who wrote The Holy Science and trained the disciple who would carry Kriya westward.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Paramahansa Yogananda brought Kriya Yoga to the West and, through Autobiography of a Yogi, made the lineage known to millions.
Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath
Today the Himalayan current lives on in masters such as Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath of the Hamsa lineage, who continues to transmit Kriya and its grace to seekers around the world. See his recent live satsang.
From Babaji to the present day, the chain is unbroken — and every sincere Kriyaban becomes its newest link. Explore the great saints and the foundations of the practice in Kriya Basics.
Related reading: Kundalini Kriya Yoga — the path of Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath.
